Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 7:40 PM EST for Chester County, Union County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 65 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2013, 7:40 PM EST (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chester County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 7:48 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Carlisle, SC | 2 TREES DOWN AROUND CARLISLE. OTHER TREES AND LIMBS FELL IN UNION COUNTY DURING THE DAY DUE TO GRADIENT WIND. |
| Jan 30, 7:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Clover, SC | 2 TREES DOWN IN THE BETHEL AREA. THERE ARE 2 MORE TREES REPORTED DOWN ONE EACH IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF YORK COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 8:02 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Rock Hill, SC | HOUSE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT BY WIND GUSTS JUST EAST OF ROCK HILL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 1:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 457 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 630 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
138
WUUS52 KGSP 310040
SVRGSP
SCC023-087-091-310145-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0009.130131T0040Z-130131T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EST
* AT 735 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM YORK TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLISLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MCCONNELLS AND LOWRYS.
CHESTER.
TEGA CAY AND BLACKSTOCK.
CAROWINDS...ROCK HILL AND FORT MILL.
RICHBURG.
GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR...GREAT FALLS...FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR AND
CATAWBA.
FORT LAWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRIEF...WEAK
TORNADOES. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING...CALL TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...AND LEAVE A MESSAGE EXPLAINING THE EVENT AND
THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3455 8169 3488 8152 3487 8149 3484 8146
3494 8148 3517 8136 3515 8106 3505 8104
3511 8094 3506 8089 3495 8086 3484 8086
3482 8089 3477 8086 3454 8088 3456 8141
3451 8142 3450 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 247DEG 51KT 3507 8121 3455 8143
$$
MCAVOY2 follow-up statements
381
WWUS52 KGSP 310058
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
758 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
SCC023-087-091-310145-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130131T0145Z/
CHESTER SC-YORK SC-UNION SC-
758 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
UNION...YORK AND CHESTER COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 845
PM EST...
AT 748 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCONNELLS...OR 9
MILES SOUTH OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROCK HILL AND TEGA CAY.
FORT MILL AND CAROWINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES.
MOBILE HOMES COULD BE FLIPPED. FALLING TREES CAN CAUSE DEATH OR
SERIOUS INJURY...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE HOUSES. SEEK SHELTER IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING...CALL TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...AND LEAVE A MESSAGE EXPLAINING THE EVENT AND
THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3455 8169 3488 8152 3487 8149 3484 8146
3494 8148 3517 8136 3515 8106 3505 8104
3511 8094 3506 8089 3495 8086 3484 8086
3482 8089 3477 8086 3454 8088 3456 8141
3451 8142 3450 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 237DEG 61KT 3495 8108
$$
MCAVOY912
WWUS52 KGSP 310124 RRA
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
824 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
SCC087-310134-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130131T0145Z/
UNION SC-
824 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS
AREA.
LAT...LON 3465 8089 3454 8088 3456 8140 3457 8141
3484 8133 3511 8094 3506 8089 3501 8090
3495 8086 3484 8086 3482 8089 3478 8087
3473 8086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 236DEG 59KT 3504 8079 3462 8107
$$
SCC023-091-310145-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130131T0145Z/
CHESTER SC-YORK SC-
824 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
YORK AND CHESTER COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EST...
AT 818 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM FORT MILL TO BLACKSTOCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR...GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR...GREAT FALLS AND
FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR.
FORT LAWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRIEF...WEAK
TORNADOES. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING...CALL TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...AND LEAVE A MESSAGE EXPLAINING THE EVENT AND
THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3465 8089 3454 8088 3456 8140 3457 8141
3484 8133 3511 8094 3506 8089 3501 8090
3495 8086 3484 8086 3482 8089 3478 8087
3473 8086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 236DEG 59KT 3504 8079 3462 8107
$$
MCAVOYWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 30, 7:01 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 7:01 PM EST, 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO DRIER HIGH PRESSURE ON
THURSDAY. ANOTHER...FAIRLY WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION
ON FRIDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BACK IN FOR THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 700 PM...THE LAST COUPLE OF UPDATES WERE TO THE TORNADO WATCH
TO CLEAR COUNTIES AS A LINE OF QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM TRACKS
WEST TO EAST ACRS THE CWFA. THE LINE IS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM
ALEXANDER COUNTY TO GAFFNEY...TO GREENWOOD SC. THE WATCH MAY NEED TO
BE EXTENDED AN HOUR OR SO FOR THE SE CORNER OF THE CWFA...IF THE
THREAT CONTINUES.
AS OF 230 PM EST ON WEDNESDAY...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE GSP COUNTY WARNING AREA UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. PLEASE CHECK
OUR WARNINGS/WATCHES/ADVISORIES FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.
LATEST REGIONAL DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBS REVEALED THAT A
STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH SQUALL LINE WAS STRETCHING FROM NE
GEORGIA TO THE FAR WESTERN NC MOUNTAINS. THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LOCAL FLOODING...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.
THE LATEST NAM/GFS/RAP/HI-RES ARW ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THIS
CONVECTIVE LINE WILL CROSS THE WESTERN NC MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA THROUGH 21Z (5PM EST)...UPSTATE SC AND NC FOOTHILLS 21Z-00Z
(5PM-8PM)...NC PEIDMONT INCLUDING THE CHAROLLTE METRO AREA 00Z-03Z
(8PM-11PM). SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF
20-35MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS LINE. CURRENT
LAPS AND THE SPC HOURLY MESOSCALE ANALYSIS REVEALED STRONG LOW LEVEL
WIND SHEAR OF +40KTS(0-1KM LAYER) WITH SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES OF
100-200J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL
SUPPORT WIDEPSREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ACROSS THE
AREA. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOUR WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES
WILL OCCUR DURING THE PASSAGE OF THIS SQUALL LINE. I HAVE CARRIED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WEATHER GRIDS FOR ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH
THE PERIOD. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...WITH POPS TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
STRONG NW COLD ADVECTION FLOW WILL TAKE PLACE BEHIND THE DEPARTING
FRONT TONIGHT. H85 TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COOL TO -10C ACROSS
THE NORTHERN NC MOUTAINS. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDENT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE TO GENERATE UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY ALONG THE TN BORDER
LINE MIDNIGNTH INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL QPF VALUES FROM
THE UPSLOPE PRECIP WILL BE LIGHT WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING
FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES FALLING TO THE MID 20S
WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE AND FROZE SLUSH THURSDAY
MORNING...SO I WILL CONTINUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN NC MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WITH COLD AIR MASS
MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT...OUR MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES ON
THURDAY WILL BE AROUND 30 DEGREES COOLER THAN THIS MORNING'S LOW. WE
WILL SEE CLEARING SKIES WITH MUCH COOLER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON
THURSDAY AS DRY CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF NOON WEDNESDAY...THE SHORT RANGE WILL BE RELATIVELY TRANQUIL
AS WE REMAIN AT THE BOTTOM OF A BROAD UPPER LONG WAVE TROF THROUGH
THE PERIOD. A CLIPPER LIKE WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE TROF WILL PASS TO
THE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL DRIVE A REINFORCING COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE REGION. THE FRONT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A DECENT SLUG OF LOW
TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE THAT WILL GET RUN UP THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE
MTNS BY SOME STRONG W TO NW FLOW AT 850MB. THIS SHOULD FORCE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MTNS MAINLY NEAR THE TN BORDER.
THE AIR MASS IS COLD ENOUGH THAT WHATEVER FALLS SHOULD BE ALL SNOW.
HARD TO SAY IF THE FRONT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR ANY OF THE SNOW
SHOWERS TO BREAK CONTAINMENT AND MOVE OUT E OF THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT
WITH THE UPPER SUPPORT BEING SO FAR TO THE N...THINK THE ANSWER IS
NO. THE PRECIP SHOULD BE FAIRLY SHORT LIVED AND WILL TAPER OFF
QUICKLY FRIDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT...SOME SHORT WAVE RIDGING WILL
CROSS THE REGION...SUPPORTING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...FOR FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. BY SATURDAY...THE NEXT WAVE DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NW
WILL APPROACH THE REGION...WITH AN INCREASE IN DEEPER MOISTURE AND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL START
TO INCREASE THE PRECIP CHANCES FROM THE WEST LATE IN THE DAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 1030 AM EST WEDNESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE SHOWS A SUBTLE
PATTERN CHANGE TOWARD THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. WE START OUT WITH
A BROAD UPPER TROF OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. A SHORT WAVE DROPPING
DOWN INTO THE TROF WILL DRIVE A WEAK SYSTEM ACROSS THE REGION ON
SATURDAY NIGHT...TO WHICH THE GFS/ECMWF RESPOND WITH SOME LIGHT
PRECIP. A CHANCE OVER THE MTNS AND SLIGHT CHC E OF THE MTNS SHOULD
SUFFICE...AND THIS WOULD BE MAINLY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE MTNS AND
MAINLY RAIN OUTSIDE THE MTNS...BUT THIS HAS VERY LOW POTENTIAL TO BE
ANYTHING MORE THAN A MINOR EVENT. HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD BACK
ACROSS THE REGION FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE NEXT SYSTEM...AGAIN
RELATIVELY WEAK...WILL FOLLOW ON MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY WITH A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE. THIS ONE ALSO HAS VERY LOW POTENTIAL AND WAS
HANDLED WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF CHC OR SLIGHT CHC POP FOR RAIN/SNOW
MAINLY OVER THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. THE GFS SHOWS THIS FRONT COMING
BACK NORTH AND REACTIVATING AS A WARM FRONT ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THIS
WAS DISREGARDED FOR THE TIME BEING AS THE ECMWF WAS DRY. TEMPS
SHOULD BE A BIT ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...A LINE OF LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION IS ON TRACK TO REACH THE
TERMINAL AROUND 01Z. IT HAS LOST SOME STEAM...BUT STILL HAS
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. BEHIND THE LINE...A FAIRLY LARGE AREA OF
LGT-MOD STRATIFORM RAIN WILL LIKELY LINGER OVER THE AEROSPACE THRU
THE EVENING HOURS. THINK RAIN AND LOWER CLOUDS SHUD CLEAR BY AROUND
05Z...AS STRONG LLVL CAA AND DOWNSLOPE WINDS HELP SCOUR OUT THE
MOISTURE. ON THURSDAY...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE GUSTY CROSS WINDS.
EXPECTING A 260-280 WIND WITH GUSTS IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE.
ELSEWHERE...LINE OF LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION HAS PASSED THRU ALL
SITES...EXCEPT KHKY AT THE TIME OF TAF ISSUANCE. LINGERING LGT-MOD
RAIN SHUD EXIT TO THE EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SOME NW FLOW
RA/SN SHWRS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE TN LINE...AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
DIRECTLY IMPACT KAVL. OVERALL...CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE VFR...EXCEPT
FOR SOME TEMPO MVFR/IFR RESTRICTIONS IN LINGERING RA/STRATUS. THE
MORE CHALLENGING PART OF THE FCST WILL BE THE WINDS. A WSW WIND
WITHIN STRONG LLVL CAA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS EAST OF THE
MTNS. KAVL MAY NOT GET MUCH WIND UNTIL THEY FINALLY VEER TO MORE NW
LATE TNGT...AND THE VALLEY GETS CHANNELED. BREEZY W/NW WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ACRS THE REGION THURSDAY.
OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE REGION ON
THURSDAY...BECOMING CENTERED OVER THE CWA BY SATURDAY MORNING.
CONDITIONS SHOULD FAVOR VFR...WITH MORNING VALLEY FOG POSSIBLE.
AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR GAZ017-018-026-028-
029.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010.
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-
048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-
068>072-082-502-504-506>510.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY FOR NCZ033-048>050.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ059-062>065.
SC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...ARK/JOH
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...ARKHazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 7:40 PM EST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068-502-504-506>510-SCZ001>008-010>012-019- 010045- HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD- 740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ051>053-058-501-503-505-010045- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-048>050-010045- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- 740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ009-013-014-010045- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- 740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 21 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE PASSING COLD FRONT. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-NCZ059-062>065-010045- RABUN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- 740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. FLOOD WATCH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. WIMBERLEY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 30, 6:54 PM EST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
654 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD E ROSMAN 35.14N 82.82W
01/30/2013 TRANSYLVANIA NC EMERGENCY MNGR
EAST FORK RD UNDER WATER
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG FRANKLIN 35.18N 83.38W
01/30/2013 MACON NC EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES FELL AND HIT HOMES IN MACON COUNTY.
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG W FRANKLIN 35.18N 83.38W
01/30/2013 MACON NC EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 64 WESTBOUND.
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG ROBBINSVILLE 35.32N 83.81W
01/30/2013 GRAHAM NC EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE FELL THROUGH A MOBILE HOME IN GRAHAM COUNTY. NOBODY
HURT.
0530 PM FLOOD SYLVA 35.37N 83.22W
01/30/2013 JACKSON NC EMERGENCY MNGR
SAVANNAH CREEK FLOODING
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG SYLVA 35.37N 83.22W
01/30/2013 JACKSON NC EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY BECAUSE OF
DOWNED TREES.
0530 PM HEAVY RAIN HENDERSONVILLE 35.32N 82.46W
01/30/2013 E2.50 INCH HENDERSON NC EMERGENCY MNGR
1 1/2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN...24 HR TOTAL.
0530 PM DEBRIS FLOW N ROSMAN 35.14N 82.82W
01/30/2013 TRANSYLVANIA NC EMERGENCY MNGR
MUDSLIDE ON HIGHWAY 215. ROAD CLOSED BETWEEN OLD
CHERRYFIELD RD AND MACEDONIA CHURCH RD. ROAD CAVING IN.
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD SE BREVARD 35.24N 82.73W
01/30/2013 TRANSYLVANIA NC EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER RUNNING ACROSS GREENVILLE HIGHWAY
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD N ROSMAN 35.14N 82.82W
01/30/2013 TRANSYLVANIA NC EMERGENCY MNGR
OLD WAGON RD BLOCKED WITH WATER
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NE ROSMAN 35.16N 82.80W
01/30/2013 TRANSYLVANIA NC EMERGENCY MNGR
HANNAH FORD RD COVERED NEAR CALVERT RD
&&
WIMBERLEYSpecial weather statement, Jan 30, 7:05 PM EST, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
705 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
NCZ035-036-056-068>070-310100-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-GASTON-IREDELL-LINCOLN-
705 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER...CATAWBA...EASTERN
CLEVELAND...GASTON...IREDELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM
EST...
AT 700 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF
TAYLORSVILLE TO CATAWBA TO 3 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLNTON TO PATTERSON
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
STONY POINT...
GASTONIA...
CRAMERTON...
LINCOLNTON...
LOWESVILLE...
LAKE NORMAN...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3606 8069 3599 8069 3552 8090 3549 8095
3539 8096 3538 8098 3537 8097 3521 8103
3516 8120 3517 8165 3575 8138 3580 8133
3586 8134 3603 8127 3603 8108 3607 8098
LANESpecial weather statement, Jan 30, 7:19 PM EST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
719 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
NCZ071-SCZ008-009-012>014-310115-
CHEROKEE-CHESTER-LAURENS-MECKLENBURG-UNION-YORK-
719 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHESTER...EASTERN CHEROKEE...
SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS...SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG...UNION AND YORK
COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EST...
AT 713 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLACKSBURG TO 5
MILES EAST OF LAURENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
UNION...
HICKORY GROVE...
SANTUC...
CARLISLE...
CLOVER...
YORK...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3431 8192 3517 8144 3512 8077 3503 8077
3500 8084 3505 8089 3495 8086 3484 8086
3481 8089 3470 8085 3465 8089 3454 8088
3456 8141 3450 8141 3444 8154 3452 8164
3436 8179 3429 8189
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Jan 30, 7:20 PM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
720 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 SSE ASHEVILLE 35.50N 82.52W
01/30/2013 BUNCOMBE NC 911 CALL CENTER
SWEETEN CREEK ROAD STILL FLOODED IN SPOTS.
0700 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 SW FAIRVIEW 35.50N 82.43W
01/30/2013 BUNCOMBE NC 911 CALL CENTER
CANE CREEK FLOODING GAP CREEK ROAD.
&&Local storm report, Jan 30, 7:32 PM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
732 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM HAIL 3 NNE LYMAN 34.99N 82.10W
01/30/2013 E0.75 INCH SPARTANBURG SC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LGLocal storm report, Jan 30, 7:35 PM EST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
735 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0624 PM FLASH FLOOD ROSMAN 35.14N 82.82W
01/30/2013 TRANSYLVANIA NC EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER RESCUE ON MAIN ST.IN ROSMON
&&
LGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 7:09 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville | 4 hr |
| Jan 30, 7:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 56 min |
| Jan 30, 8:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 27 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.